Internal Reference Number: FOI_9610
Date Request Received: 14/08/2026 00:00:00
Date Request Replied To: 27/08/2026 00:00:00
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Request Summary: Birth reflections service - access, ethnicity and interpreting provision
Request Category: Companies
| Question Number 1: Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I would like to request the following information regarding your organisation鈥檚 Birth Reflections service. (This service may also be known locally as Birth Afterthoughts, birth debriefing, birth listening, or a similar name 鈥� meaning a service offering women the opportunity to discuss and reflect on their birth experience with a clinician.) Where data is requested by year, please provide it separately for each of the last three financial years: 2023/24, 2024/25 and 2025/26. If any item is not recorded, please state 鈥渘ot recorded鈥� rather than omitting it. Section A 鈥� Service overview Does your organisation provide a birth reflections/debriefing service? If yes, please state: a. Which staff group(s) deliver it (e.g. midwife, consultant obstetrician, psychologist) b. The format(s) offered (face-to-face, telephone, video) c. Whether partners are able to attend | |
| Answer To Question 1: - The Service is delivered by a Registered Midwife. - We offer Video/Virtual and ad hoc face to face depending on space availability. - Partners can attend appointments. | |
| Question Number 2: Section B 鈥� Activity and ethnicity a) The total number of referrals to the service per year. b). The total number of birth reflections consultations completed per year. c) The number of patients seen by the service per year, broken down by ethnic group using ONS ethnicity categories. If ethnicity is not recorded for this service, please state this. | |
| Answer To Question 2: a) The total number of referrals to the service per year; 鈥� 2023/24 - 86 鈥� 2024/25 鈥� 87 鈥� 2025/26 - 115 b) The total number of birth reflections consultations completed per year; 鈥� 2023/24 - 57 鈥� 2024/25 - 84 鈥� 2025/26 鈥� 77 c) The number of patients seen by the service per year, broken down by ethnic group using ONS ethnicity categories. If ethnicity is not recorded for this services, please state this. This information has not been recorded for this service. | |
| Question Number 3: Section C 鈥� Interpreting need and provision a. The number of birth reflections consultations per year in which an interpreter was requested or required, and the number in which one was provided. b. The languages requested, if recorded. c. The interpreting provision available for this service (e.g. in-person interpreter, telephone interpreting, video interpreting, bilingual staff), and your organisation's policy on the use of family members as interpreters in these consultations. d. Whether written information about the service (invitation letters, leaflets, referral information) is available in languages other than English, and if so, which languages. | |
| Answer To Question 3: Section C 鈥� Interpreting need and provision a. The number of birth reflections consultations per year in which an interpreter was requested or required, and the number in which one was provided. This information has not been recorded for this service b. The languages requested, if recorded. This information has not been recorded for this service c. The interpreting provision available for this service (e.g. in-person interpreter, telephone interpreting, video interpreting, bilingual staff), and your organisation's policy on the use of family members as interpreters in these consultations. We currently use a telephone interpreting service. If interpreting support is required for these appointments this would be the used method. Family members would not be used as interpreters, and the telephone interpreting service would be used to ensure appropriate and independent language support is provided. d. Whether written information about the service (invitation letters, leaflets, referral information) is available in languages other than English, and if so, which languages. Our Birth Reflection information leaflet is available on the Trust website. Patients can use the website鈥檚 accessibility features to translate the leaflet into their preferred language. The leaflet can currently be translated into 62 different languages. | |
| Question Number 4: Section D 鈥� Other accessibility provision a. The number of consultations per year in which British Sign Language (BSL) interpretation was requested and the number in which it was provided, and what provision exists for deaf and hearing-impaired patients. b. What reasonable adjustments are available for neurodivergent patients and patients with learning disabilities accessing this service (e.g. easy-read materials, extended appointments, sensory adjustments, communication passports), and whether the number of such adjustments made is recorded. | |
| Answer To Question 4: Section D 鈥� Other accessibility provision a. The number of consultations per year in which British Sign Language (BSL) interpretation was requested and the number in which it was provided, and what provision exists for deaf and hearing-impaired patients. 2023/24 - This information hasn鈥檛 been recorded for this service 2024/25 - This information hasn鈥檛 been recorded for this service 2025/26 - This information hasn鈥檛 been recorded for this service b. What reasonable adjustments are available for neurodivergent patients and patients with learning disabilities accessing this service (e.g. easy-read materials, extended appointments, sensory adjustments, communication passports), and whether the number of such adjustments made is recorded. 2023/24 - This information hasn鈥檛 been recorded for this service 2024/25 - This information hasn鈥檛 been recorded for this service 2025/26 - This information hasn鈥檛 been recorded for this service | |
| Question Number 5: Section E 鈥� Equality monitoring Whether the service routinely collects or monitors equality data on access and uptake (e.g. by ethnicity, language need, deprivation), and whether any equity audit or health inequalities review of this service has been undertaken in the last three years. If so, please provide a copy or summary. | |
| Answer To Question 5: Section E 鈥� Equality monitoring Whether the service routinely collects or monitors equality data on access and uptake (e.g. by ethnicity, language need, deprivation), and whether any equity audit or health inequalities review of this service has been undertaken in the last three years. If so, please provide a copy or summary. 2023/24 - This information hasn鈥檛 been recorded for this service. 2024/25 - This information hasn鈥檛 been recorded for this service. 2025/26 - This information hasn鈥檛 been recorded for this service. | |
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